Epstein Secrets

ve a big stick and make sure that your adversaries know that you are not adverse to using it liberally. Otherwise, I find Brook's op-ed insightful. Paul ICrugman in and op-ed this week in the The Washington Post - Mooching Off Medicaid —'Conservatives like to say that their position is all about economic free

o were most wrong on the biggest foreign policy catastrophe in recent memory, the opposition was, to a large extent, actually based on the fact that Hagel had been right about Iraq. Having been in favor of the war initially, Hagel quickly saw it for what it was, and committed the grave error of speaki

d have been to return Mr. Monti — who was essentially imposed on Italy by its creditors — to office, this time with an actual democratic mandate. As Paul ICrugman wrote this week in the New York Times — Austerity, Italian Style — things aren't looking good as Mr. Monti's party appears likely to come in fourth

ing the chorus of people fed up with Republicans attempt to obstruct anything supported by the Obama Administration, whether it be the nomination of Chuck Hagel to providing disaster relief to victims of Hurricane Sandy to the continual manufacturing of self-imposed destructive budget showdowns, this week i

he Washington Post Can the military learn from its mistakes? Thomas E. Ricks Article 5. The New York Review of Books Gambling with Civilization Paul Krugman NYT Rice Offers a More Modest Strategy for Mideast Mark Landler 26 October 2013 -- Each Saturday morning in July and August, Susan E. Rice, Pre

ntagon, the State Department, and the Central Intelligence Agency. Ms. Rice said she briefed Secretary of State John Kerry and Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel over weekly lunches. Some priorities were clear. The election of Hassan Rouhani as president of Iran presents the West with perhaps its last good c

a and Iran must end their proxy war in aria Article 4. Fawaz Gerges NYT Russia vs. Europe Bill Keller Article 5. NYT Why Inequality Matters Paul Krugman Arncic 1. The Washington Post Iran committed to making a deal David Ignatius December 15 -- Tehran -- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad

epeatedly reminded the opposition they will not go to Geneva to hand over power to a transitional government. Last week, the US defence secretary, Chuck Hagel, conceded that Washington's approach to Syria is in disarray. Even Russia's foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, called on the rebels to "avoid discord